6 Ups And 6 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw (October 15)

2. Battle Royal Stupidity

Nia Jaxx Tamina
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Few things make wrestlers look dumber than trying to promote a battle royal. We got a prime example of it Monday night.

After winning their tag match, Ember Moon and Nia Jax celebrated, only for Tamina to charge in and superkick Nia, with Ember standing there looking shocked. Moon and Tamina exchanged glances and then tossed Nia over the top rope, before the two of them fought to “eliminate” each other. Dana Brooke then tossed both of them to stand tall.

There’s so much wrong with that entire exchange. Moon watched her friend and partner get kicked in the face after they won their match, and because they happen to be wrestling in a battle royal in two weeks, Ember decided to toss friendship aside right then and work with her friend’s assailant to throw Jax over the top.

Just… no.

It made everyone involved look foolish. Seriously, we need a Randy Orton “Stupid, stupid, stupid” GIF on repeat here.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.